real estate sales

Residential real estate sales across the 10-county metro Detroit region were up 9.4 percent in January from a year earlier, according to figures released by the Farmington Hills-based real estate information firm Realcomp II Ltd. And median prices jumped 27 percent.

Real estate sales and prices both rose across metro Detroit in June, according to the Farmington Hills real estate information provider Realcomp II Ltd. Sales in the region as a whole were 6,491 homes and condos in June, up 5.3 percent from 6,163 a year earlier.

Foreclosure slaes in metro Detroit rose in June from year-ago levels while non-foreclosure sales plunged, according to new figures from the Farmington Hills real estate information form Realcomp II Ltd.